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‘I am not by nature a very flowery person. Mancunians seldom are, in my experience, even when they’ve been living in London for as long as I have’

I just flicked through a fashion magazine and had a nasty shock. In a round-up of
the “best” spring trends, they cited the following: posh tracksuits,
balloon-shaped maxiskirts, neon, something called Zulu warriors and
spaghetti straps. Am I missing something here? Tracksuits are clearly wrong
unless you are on a track, neon is wrong, Zulu warriors have no place in
Zone 1, and spaghetti straps are fine only if you’re under 30 and
flat-chested. As for balloon-shaped maxiskirts, don’t be stupid. How has
this been allowed to happen? Did you agree to it? When? I didn’t. So what am
I